Sign for OPEN in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Open” in ASL?

OPEN: OPEN in American Sign Language (ASL) describes what is unclosed, from doors to shops to books. The video and GIF below demonstrate the sign.

ASL sign for open — animated demonstration

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What does OPEN mean in ASL?

OPEN works on doors, windows, stores, and books, and it stretches to abstractions like open questions. Whether a place is open is among the most practical questions a traveler signs, and classroom instructions reach for it weekly.

Lesson 29 of the challenge covers it in Book 1.

📖 OPEN is taught in Lesson 29 of ASLI 1: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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